The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-01
THE IRON HAND.
How would.Be Robher Found q Friend In his
Intended Victim.

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intended Victim.
Toledo, Ohio, Dispatch to Louisville Cou'
rier.Journal.
John Rssmer, OF the firm OF Kern &
Reamer, poultry dealers, is n strong.
active and why young man, whose
right hand was amputated at the
wrist. In place of the original member he
carries n heavy iron hand, which stood
him in good turn recently, preventing
his robbery and probable murder, and,
as the sequel shows, causing him to
turn philanthropist under peculiar
circumstances. There has been but II
brief reference TO the matter in
the Toledo dailies, which have neg
lected an opportunity to give particu-
lars OF a very interesting case.
The night was dark rs Mr.. Reamer
walked down Cherry street on his way
to his home in West Toledo, with a
considerable sum Of money on his per.
son. When he reached q lonely spot
in the woods, near the Metropolitan
park, he was halted by n man who de-
manded his money or his life. Mr..
Reamer instinctively dropped small
basket which he carried on his left
arm, so as to take resistance, when
the highwayman drew q knife and
thrust it at HIM, grazing his body and
passing it under the arm and partly
through his intervening clothes. Mr..
Reamer struck his assailant terrific
blow in the face with his iron hand,
telling him to the ground, and follow
ed this up by pounding his PROSTATE
antagonist with all his might and
main, until he finally groaned and
cried for mercy. Presently he left
the man leaning up against a
fence, and with the remark, 81
wasn't fixed for you this time,
but next time will be-" started out
on the road. But before he had gone
far he felt the blood trickling down his
left side, and the thought that after
all he might be seriously, il not fatal
ly wounded so enraged him that he
started back to further wreck his VEN
geance upon the would-be agent. The
latter saw him coming and, making n
desperate effort, succeeded in getting
away into the woods and disappear
ing in the darkness.
Some days after the encounter Mr..
Reamer CHANGED to hear through q
physician about "a man being very
sick in the vicinity OF Tremainsvile.
His suspicious being aroused, he went
to see the man and found him danger
ously i'll in a hovel. The two persons
lay on wretched couch-a man and
wife-both very low, the attendant
told him. AS soon us the sick man
saw Mr.. Reamer he tried at first to
hide his features from him by turn
ing away, but his visitor thought
he recogniz ed the face of the pa
tient, swollen, disfigured and black
and blue as it was. The sick man,
with great emotion, said; 81 see you
know mel will have to confess" He
then told Mr.. Reamer how he had seen
him display u roll OF bills on the event
full night, and that he heard him tell
some one that he could not get back
from n certain place until late that
night. He added: "My wife was sick,
my children hungry and | out OF mon
ey, and | determined to take this
chance OF making raise. How have
been punished, God knows. You GER
tainly will not inform on ME, will
your"
Mr.. Reamei was deeply affected.
Subsequent inquiries convinced him
that the man was driven TO the deed
OF desperation by poverty and sick
ness, and he decided to help him.
From intended prosecutor he turned
friend, and is now helping the miser-
able family daily.